Wednesday 6 June 2012

those days...

side, bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012
just quick ( i guess i always say this)

bombay talkies is an area. close to Bandra, in malad, that is the stop. it is an area, the size of one block between my marktplatz back home and a block in Kolamangara, not that it helps.

but it is difficult to say.

parking lot, bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012
some say it is just the little place where nowadays rubbish is next to parking lot next to garden of the people who are living there, some they it is the whole area, including all the private owned companies. some others say it is in south mumbai.

by the way some others show pictures from a place i have not seen when i was there. a gate, old ancient looking, falling apart. nothing i have seen so far. not at the moment.

chairs, bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012
wall, bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012
house2, bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012
when i came there i could hang around, take some images. till a guy came, then another guy, then somebody talking to me in english.

I was not allowed here. i am used to this now. sound quite arrogant or embarrassed, not sure. but it is true. so i stayed calm. waited. smiled. usually it helps.

we went through little streets, people looked at us. i smiled, went further. was a bit unsure, finally met a guy. this guy, much older than the first one, big belly and smoking says no. it is not possible. private ground. if he was sure yes he was. i am ok. cannot do that much.

wall3, bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012
wall4, bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012
i came back 10 days later. after getting in touch with a guy with a homepage about bombay talkies, after annoying him with an unbearable amount of phone calls and a seriously never seen response of guiltiness and willingness, after finally being able to make a date with him, at the bombay talkies, after waiting for him and not appearing,

it was my last day in town. full day. 8 am. 3 chais, 2 biscuits and some mangos later, sitting at the entrance of bombay talkies. I wait, then i walk, i talk and take pictures. nothing happens.

man, bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012
men , bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012
work, bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012

I take more images, go into smaller lanes, talk with factory owners. suddenly the guy came from last time. not sure if i should ran , or stay. decide for staying. quite likely loose with running. not so experienced in that.

he jugs me out, 2nd time. i am ok with that.
wall6, bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012
place, bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012

bombay talkies is the first production company fir bollywood movies. opened up in the 30s the place had a production studio, cutting studio, even a little cinema. Then they argued, then the world war came, and the in the 50 the decline started. till they sold it.

now nothing left there anymore. little shops, companies are the only remains.

working, bombay talkies, mumbai 27th may 2012

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